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Baptisia Australis
This ornamental hardy perennial makes a goodborder plant, growing in any loamy soil, and producing its blue flowers in June and July. It can be multiplied by dividing the root. Height, 3 ft.
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Barberries
Very ornamental hardy shrubs, bearing rich yellow flowersin spring and attractive fruit in the autumn. Most handsome when trained to a single stem and the head allowed to expand freely. They are not p...
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Bartonia aurea
Beautiful hardy annuals, the flowers of which openat night and effuse a delightful odour. Sow the seed in autumn on a gentle hotbed; pot off, and protect in a greenhouse during the winter. Plant them...
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BASIL, Sweet and Bush
Half-hardy annuals. The leaves and topsof the shoots, on account of their clove-like flavour, are used for seasoning soups and introduced into salads.
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Bay, Sweet (Laurus Nobilis)
This half-hardy evergreen shrub likesa sheltered position. Protection from severe frosts is requisite, especially while it is young. It is more suitable as an isolated specimen plant than for the bord...
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Beans, Broad
A deep, strong loam is most suitable, but good cropscan be obtained from any garden soil. The first sowing should be made in February or March, and in succession to May. A sowing of Beck's Green Gem o...
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Beans, French
The soil should be dug over to a depth of at least 12in. and liberally enriched with manure. In the open ground the first sowing may be made about the third week in April, another sowing early in May,...
Nov 11, 2026
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